Seifert v. Owen

JACOBSON, Judge.

The liability of parents for the acts of their children arising out of their ambulatory and inquisitive natures is called into question on this appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Maricopa County.

Appellees-defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Owen, obtained the use of a cabin located approximately seven miles from Kingman, Arizona, owned by appellants-plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Seifert. The defendants and their 23-month old child arrived at the cabin on January 1, 1966, after dark in freezing weather. Mr. Owen, being familiar with the cabin, located a kerosene lantern which he…